Heavy Rain, Talbot
- When
- August 5, 9:30 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Talbot County, Easton
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 5, 2003
Thunderstorms with heavy rain produced poor drainage flooding in and around Easton. 26 inches of rain fell within 90 minutes.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain produced poor drainage flooding in and around Easton. In Easton, 1.26 inches of rain fell within 90 minutes. A couple of roads were closed because of flooding including Commerce Drive. About five vehicles were trapped in flood waters.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 2:02 AM EST, 7 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:02 AM EST, 7 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 302 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 OVERALL PATTERN CONTINUES. A RATHER VIGOROUS S/W IS ROTATING UNDER THE LARGE TROF AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD TSTM/RW. WITH THE LAST FEW DAYS SOME AREAS HAVE BEEN HIT HARD WITH PRECIP SO WILL ISSUE FFA FOR OUR NORTHERN TIER ZONES. SOME OF THE HEAVY RAIN REPORTS FOR LAST 12 HOURS... COLUMBIA NJ 3.90 LINCOLN PARK NJ 2.14 LEAVITT FALLS PA 1.89 REST OF FORECAST IS A REPEAT OF PREVIOUS DAYS. DIURNAL PRECIP WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS AND HIGH HUMIDITY. MARINE...SCA FOR SEAS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR COAST. FCSTID = 10 MPO 78 65 77 66 / 60 40 30 30 ABE 84 70 82 70 / 60 40 30 30 RDG 84 70 83 70 / 60 40 30 30 PHL 86 73 86 73 / 50 40 20 20 12N 83 69 81 70 / 60 40 30 30 SMQ 85 70 85 72 / 60 40 30 30 TTN 85 70 85 72 / 60 40 30 30 MIV 85 70 85 72 / 40 30 10 10 ACY 82 73 82 73 / 40 30 10 10 ILG 85 72 86 72 / 50 40 20 20 DOV 86 72 85 72 / 40 30 10 10 GED 86 73 85 73 / 40 30 10 10 ESN 86 72 85 72 / 40 30 10 10 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...FLOOD WATCH NJZ01,07,08 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PA...FLOOD WATCH PAZ54,55,61,62 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MARINE...SCA ANZ450>455 FOR SEAS. ZEV
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:24 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-051115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 420 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND NEW JERSEY EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY...THE POCONO MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. BIGGEST THREATS ARE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND LARGE HAIL ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS BELOW 45 MPH CAN BRING DOWN SOME TREES WITH THE WET GROUND. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXISTS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. WN
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flood in Ohio, August 5, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 5, 2003
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 5, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in New York, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flood in New York, August 5, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5333130.